Key Details:
- Date & Time: May 8, 2025, at 10 am MST
- Episode: #9 Clinical Pearls Series: Diabetes Technology in the Secure Environment Program
- Educators: Commander Drew Swigart & Commander Josh Valgardson
Webinar Summary:
This webinar is part of the National Institute of Corrections Clinical Pearls series. The series explores how to integrate clinical pharmacists into primary care. Session participants will learn how to identify best practices for carceral team medicine and clinical pearls in disease states affecting adults in custody.
Webinar Learning Objectives:
During this 60-minute webinar, participants will:
- Outline the risks and benefits of diabetes technology use in a carceral setting.
- Explain the process for use of diabetes technology in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- Summarize lessons learned and prospects for future use of additional technology.
Series Take Aways:
During this webinar series, participants will:
- Define the continuum of opportunities for pharmacist integration in clinical practice.
- Analyze different correctional systems to determine where pharmacists can be included to develop more efficient operations within correctional facilities, reducing costs, improving decision-making processes, enhancing safety, and optimizing resource allocation.
- Evaluate the current strategies of disease management within the carceral setting and analyze novel approaches to improve patient care, decrease costs, and optimize resource allocation.
- Envision how implementing novel strategies for the management of complex disease processes can enhance the operation of a correctional institution through technology and a paradigm change, optimizing screening and treatment practices.
- Formulate strategies to use various healthcare disciplines that encourage a collaborative, team approach.
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Any employee of a state, federal, local, or tribal correctional jurisdiction with an interest in correctional healthcare.
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Content Contact
CAPT Chad Garrett, Health Program Manager, Prisons division, National Institute of Corrections
cagarrett@bop.gov
Webinar Technical Contact
Scott Richards, Correctional Program Specialist, Prisons Division, National Institute of Corrections
s1richards@bop.gov
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Educator Bios
Commander Drew Swigart, PharmD, BCACP, NCPS, AAHIVP
CDR Drew Swigart, PharmD, BCACP, NCPS, AAHIVP, is an advanced practice pharmacist who is currently serving the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a member of the PHS Commissioned Corps. After graduating from Wilkes University in 2007, he began his professional career as a retail pharmacist with CVS/Pharmacy. In 2011, CDR Swigart left his position as a CVS/Pharmacy Manager to pursue a career with the Bureau of Prisons, and is currently stationed at USP Lewisburg in Lewisburg, PA. As an Advanced Practice Pharmacist, CDR Swigart provides chronic disease-state management to adults in custody at his home institution as well as nationally as one of the FBOP’s Regional Clinical Consultants for HIV.
Commander Josh Valgardson
After completing pharmacy school at the University of North Carolina, CDR Valgardson joined the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service as a Pharmacy Resident with the Indian Health Service in Gallup New Mexico. During his residency he was trained in many areas of clinical pharmacy including; diabetes, pain, nephrology, anticoagulation, HIV, inpatient medicine, pharmacy informatics and emergency medicine. After his residency he became the diabetes clinic coordinator, beginning his passion in comprehensive diabetes management.
After 5 years working for the IHS, CDR Valgardson transferred to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at Butner North Carolina. At Butner he had opportunities to continue to advance his practice in diabetes management, was selected as pharmacy residency director, and worked as an oncology pharmacy specialist.
Recently CDR Valgardson was selected to lead the BOP clinical pharmacy program. He is responsible to oversee clinical pharmacy activities, providing education and empowering BOP clinical pharmacists activities.
CDR Valgardson’s hobbies include cooking, fishing, gardening, sports of all kinds, being outdoors and spending time with his family.
